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Originally Posted by Dantilla
Jetta: Front-wheel-drive. No thanks.
The thread title is "prefer" 944 over 911, not what car has the best specifications on paper.
For pure fun to drive, a 944 is among the best, while a Jetta, or any other front wheel drive for that matter, isn't even on the list.
I'm another who has had a 911 and 944 at the same time. Very different cars. I have since sold the 911, still have a 944.
Never had a Jetta, though..... (never will)
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Lists vary. I have a hotrod 911 and also a warmed over Jetta for direct comparison. If you can't have pure fun driving an early Jetta close to that which you can get in a 944 or even a 911 then I don't want to have your kind of fun. The sense of occasion driving the 911 is greater but road manners and the blend of analog/manual/feedback aren't hugely different for pleasure driving. The difference with the 911 experience is best summed up as lifting your pinky when taking a sip. Does it taste better with the pinky out? Depends on what you like... if you haven't driven a nice early Jetta/VW then you don't know what you're missing.
911 or 944? Again, similar experiences with obvious differences. I like the radical change of the 911 compared to my cushy, quiet and overly comfortable modern driver. Do you always want to be driving around in a Lazy-Boy recliner on wheels with ice cold air conditioning, surrounded by silence isolated from the outside world? Answers vary. The 944 is half way home to the 911... some people like that. Different strokes for different folks.